randy@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Longshot) (02/09/90)
At the end of one week of voting, the tally is 38 yes votes to 5 no votes. Please vote if you have not. If there are not at least 100 more yes votes than no votes, this group will not pass. Right now, I get the impression that I may not even get 100 votes *total*. Below is the list of voters (sorted alphabetically by header). The very first person who sent me a no vote, had a message with a munged header. Thus, I have the line "1 no vote" in his/her place. If you see that your name is not on the list, resend your vote so I can get the header. If you voted, yes or no, and don't see your name, I didn't get it. The person whose header I lost had the message in within 2 days of the call-for-votes, so he/she will likely know that they are missing from the list. For the sake of argument and discussion, I will include the statement of purpose of this proposed group, followed by the list of 43 voters. Please send your votes! REC.MODELS.MISC Rec.models.misc is a newsgroup deigned to promote the hobby of model construction. It is intended as a forum to discuss all topics pertaining to this field. These topics include, but are not limited to: * Kit quality (Monogram vs. Revell vs. Tamiya, etc.) * Paint quality * Tools and techniques * Reviews of new kits * Help in locating reference material * Advertisement of reputable sources of materials * Discussion of IPMS (International Plastic Modeller's Society) I would like to point out that this group is not limited to scale modelling, is not limited to plastic modelling, and is not limited to historical reproduction modelling. It is intended as a means by which those interested in the hobby can exchange ideas, and those new to the hobby can get helpful hints for starting out. I know, from personal experience, that this is helpful. I have learned more about the hobby since I joined the Oklahoma Historical Modeller's Society (OHMS), and I feel that, with any craft, the best way to learn is to ask of those in the know. Many of the topics would even apply to the construction of flying rockets and RC aircraft and cars, hence I suggest that it be .misc, to supplement these existing groups. By protocol, the voting shall begin on Feb. 1st, and end on the 21st. Please mail your votes to one of the following: randy@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu randy@uokmax.UUCP ...!chinet!uokmax!randy And the voters thus far: 1 no vote Benjamin Chase <bbc@rice.edu> Charleen Bunjiovianna <charleen@ads.com> Chris Krieg <chris@cis.ohio-state.edu> Dag Bruck <dag@control.lth.se> Donald.Schmitz@FAS.RI.CMU.EDU GOOG ?? <goog%a.cs.okstate.edu@RELAY.CS.NET> Ian Dickinson <cudep%cu.warwick.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK> Jason Bellenger <jason@dgp.toronto.edu> Kevin Lahey <kml@mosquito.cis.ufl.edu> Matthias Urlichs <urlichs%smurf.ira.uka.de@RELAY.CS.NET> NSYSTSQ@NCSUADM.BITNET (Tom Quinn ) Stanier A <alan%essex.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK> Steve Kaminski <kaminski@SCL.CWRU.Edu> System News Administrator <newsadm@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov> WOLPERT%MAINE.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU becker@xanth.uucp ctuel@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Cliff Tuel) elton@lll-crg.llnl.gov gil@banyan.banyan.com (Gil Pilz@Eng@Banyan) greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (greg Nowak) jackh@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (Jack Hart Jr) jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca jj@alice.att.com johnson@nrtc.northrop.com jrs@cblpe.att.com (Jeffrey R Sherota) kinstrey@wsqtba.crd.ge.com (M. A. Kinstrey) lex@demott.COM (Lex Mierop) moews@math.berkeley.edu munnari!arp.anu.OZ.AU!stuarth@uunet.UU.NET (Stuart Hungerford) mvjonke@cs.vu.nl oplinger@ra.crd.ge.com (B. S. Oplinger) paisley@cme.nist.gov (Scott Paisley) pvogel@convex.com rutgers!phoenix.princeton.edu!greg shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov srb@ihsybil.att.com stealth@caen.engin.umich.edu (Mike Peltier) think!harvard!yale!spock!mustang@harvard.harvard.edu (Neil McNeight) thorn@godot.radonc.unc.edu (Jesse Thorn) wbt@cbnews.att.com woolstar@csvax.caltech.edu (John D Woolverton) xanthian@well.sf.ca.us (Kent Paul Dolan)